'Jhe Check and Double Check As WE Go TO P RESS WE LE .... RN : That invitations [0 the annual Hastings Christmas Cong ress have been extended to D r. A. Alekhine, R. Fine, E. Eliskases, Dr. M. Vid_ mar, M. Feigin, Sir G. A. Thomas, W . Winter, REVIEW Miss V. Menchik, T. H. T ylor, and A. Rey_ nol ds. T he burning question is: Will Reuben OFFIOAL ORG .... N OF T H E repeat his triumph o f last yea r? Will be out_ AMERICAN C H ESS FEDERATION rank Alekhine as he outranked Flohr? T hat Lajos Stei ner has progressed as far as the Phillipine Islands in search of Australia, his ISRAEL A. H OROWITZ, Editor latest letter bei n$. postmarked Manila. Also S. S. COHEN, Managing Editor that due to visa dtffIculties, he had to cancel sev_ era l of his simultaneo us exhibitions but played FRED REINFELD, AIJo (iale Editor tWO clock games with Panoff in Russia, Winning BARNIE F. WINKELMAN, AIJoriate Editor the fi rs t and losing the second; gave cwo ex_ R. CHENEY. Problem Editor hibitions in Japan where he was fo rced to Stay BERTRAM KADISH, Art Dire(lor an extra week due fO his ship being delayed (won 18, d rew 0, lost 1 and won 12, drew 0, lost 1) ; discussed with prominent Japanese offi_ ci als the possibility of holding an Olympic Vol. IV, No. 12 Published M OIl /hly December, 19 % T eam Tournament in conjunction with the Tokyo Olympic Games of 1940, and is ~I a d to be able to report that they are really constdering Check and Double Check .. 273 this Step, ahhoug h chess interest is not very Plachutta Inte rference in (he Endgame 274 grear among the Japanese, thei r favorite board U. S. Championship Tourney Prizes 276 game being Shoj i, a distant relative of the Curious Chess Facts 276 ro yal game. Puerto Ri co International Tourney 277 M y Best Games of Chess . 278 That according fO Kmoch, Fine is writing the Addenda to Griffith and White 281 book of the rocent Amsterdam Tournament in which he tied for first with Euwe, Canadian Section • 284 That Buenos Aires, in addition to welcom_ News Events - • 28' Selected Games • • 287 ing President Roosevelt and the Inter_American Problem Deparunem • • 288 Peace Confe rence, also played bost to rhe Ar_ Annud Index . • • • 293 gentine Inter_Provi ncial T eam Tournament which will be di scussed in the January issue. That an English newspaper account of the Alekhinc-Capablanca dispute at Nottingham Published monthly by THE CH ESS REVIEW, 60·10 run under the headline "A Oless Hitch," Rooseve lt Avenue, Woodside, N. Y. Domestic sub reads: scriptions: One year $3.oO--Two yea rs S 5.~O- Fi ve years $1 2.)0. SiI monlru S Ln. Si ngle copy 30 as. "There was a surprising development in rhe Foreign subscriptions: U .)O per year e ll:cept U. S. International Chess Congress being held at Uni Possessions Canada, Mexico, Cemra l and South Amer v~i ry Coll.,ge, H ighfiC'!ds , yesterday, t here bein,!; ica. S in g l~ copy n CIS. Copyright 19:;6 by T ilE a heated dispute be tween tWO of the mu ters as CHESS REVI EW. to who should seal the final move at rh e adjourn "Entered as Se<:ond-dass matter March " 19;'6, at ,the m t'nt. post offi ce at Flushing, New York, under the Act of "The greatest int erest in the day', pl ay was March 3, 1879." Additional entry al Middletown, N.Y. in the match between two former world cham· pions, Capablanca and Alekhine, and it wu in Ihis game that the hilCh occurred. " At 6 o'dock, the hour aT which play should (C"lSC for {he afternoon, mos{ of the players were CONTRIBUTING EDITORS, deeply immersed in Iheir games, some of them LAJOS STEINER LESTER W. BRAND gOing on for anOlher quarter of an hour. JOHN B. SNETHLAGE IRVING CHERNEV ( Colllillu,J "" Lan Pagq) - JAMES R. NEWMAN F. W. WATSON 273 Plachutta Interference in the Endgame
By TH. C. L. KOK
(Continued from November C. R.) is an impossibility! An example utilizing NO.3. Th. C. L. KOK bishop and queen is shown in Diagram No.4. Residentie bode, 1.6.34 ~~ Black NO.4. Th. C. L. KOK Residentiebode, 1_6_34 Black
White White to Play and Win
In Diagram No. 3 we have an ending wiuh only seven thematic fieets. All the pieces are necessary, and all 0 them participate in the After 1 P_Kt7, Black cannot play 1 ... Q_ play, Kt8ch due to 2 K_R6, B-Q5 (if 2 . . . Q-Kt3ch; The solution is; 1 KB4 (threat 2 R_R7 3 K_R5, etc.); 3 P_Kt8(Q)ch, QxQ; 4 R-Kt8 mate) , R_B4; 2 R-R7ch, R.R4; 3 RxRch, KxR; ch followed by 5 RxQ, etc. Therefore 1 P-Kt7, 4 P_K7, R.KS; 5 B-Q2ch!, etc. If instead 1 B_R 7; and now White can sacrifice the rook ... K.R4; 2 -P_K7, R_K8; 3 B.Q2ch follows on the diagonal intersection square by 2 R_KS immediately. The best defense is 1 ... K_R6; ch! If Black captures with [he bishop then 3 2 R_R2 (threatening 3 B_K7ch, K_R5; 4 R_R2 P-R8 (Q)ch followed by 4 P-Kt8(Q)ch; while eh, R_QR6; 5 RxRmate), 'K.R5 (upon 2 . . . if the rook is captured by the Queen therr 3 P_ R_QR8 follows 3 P-K7, R_K8; 4 P_K8(Q), Kt8(Q)ch followed by 4 P_R8(Q)ch. In neither variation does White emerge with 'a RxQ; 5 B-Blch, K-R5; 6 R-R2ch, R-QR6; 7 RxRmate);** 3 P-K7, R-K8 ; 4 B.K3!! (the superior material force, and therefore the knight sacrifice on the critical square). If 4 . . . is necessary in addition to the thematic pieces to enable White to win. R(B)xB; 5 P.K8(Q)ch, RxQ; 6 R.R2mate. And if 4 . .. R(K)xB; S R_R2ch, R.QR6; 6 VARIATION A: 2 , .. BxR; 3 P-R8(Q)ch, P_K8(Q)ch, K_R4; 7 Q.Kt5mate. BxQ ( . . . K-K2; 4 Q_R7ch, K-Q3; S P.Kt8 (Q)ch, KxKt; 6 Q(Kt)_R7ch and wins); 4 Plachutta interference may occur between P_Kt8(Q)ch, K-K2; 5 Q_B7ch, K_Kl; 6 Q-Q7 ' bishop and queen as well as between two rooks. ch, K_Bl; 7 Q-KB7mate. It may also occur between twO bishops, but VARIATION B: 2 ... QxR; 3 P-Kt8(Q)ch, rhen one of the bishops must be made available QxQ ( ... K.K2; 4 P.RS(Q)', QxQ(K'S) by means of a pawn promotion. This probably best!; 5 Q_B6ch, etc.); 4 P-R8(Q)ch, K_K2; 5 Q_B6th, K_Kl; 6 Q-B7ch, K_Ql; 7 Q_Q7 .... The analysis jn this sub·variation is the mate. author's but the play for both sides ma.y be The great strength of the queen does not improved upon. If 1 K-B4. K-R6; Z R-RZ, R QR8; 3 P -K7, R·K8; 4 P-K8(Q) , R·B6eh!!; 5 leave much freedom for compositions of thi ~ KxR, RxQ is much better for Black. The win type. The two rooks appear to be muoh more in this line ca.nnot be definitely demonstrated. plastic material with which to illustrate the BUT there is a definite win possible as follows : theme. With the rooks one can work with two 1 K-B4, K-RS; 2 R-R2, R-QR8; 3 R-K2!! and the queening of t he pawn cannot be prevented. free pawns utilizing at least one rook indirectly -So S. C. to prevent pawn promotions. 274 D E CEMBER, 1 936 275
NO.5. Th. C. L. KOK No.6. Th. C. L. KQK Tijdschrift _ May, 1936 Tijdschrift _ May, 1936 Slack
White White to Play and Win White to Play and Win The answer to 1 P_R7 would be 1 . . . R_R5; and 1 P-Kt7 would be met by 1 . . . R_Q8ch The main line of play, however, is: followed by ... R_KKt8. Therefore in order 1 B-Kt5ch K.Bl 2 B_B6! R(B)xB to win we must place a White picce upon the If ... R(Kt)xB; 3 P -E8(Q)ch followed by 4 intersection square of the 2 rook lines: 1 B_ P·R7, etc. Q4!! Tl)C th reat is 2 P_R7 followed by 3 P_ 3 R.R8ch] • • • • R8(Q)mare, as well as 2 P_Kt7 followed by 3 Not 3 p-m?, R·QRSch; 4 K-Kt4, R(Kt )-KBS ; 5 R-R6, K Kt2!; 6 P·R8(Q)ch, RxQ; 7 P-B8(Q) P_Kt8 (Q) mate. After 1 ... RxQP; 2 P-Kt7,. cll, RxQ; 8 RxRch an d dr aws. RxRP; 3 P_Kt8(Q)ch, White will win because 3 . . . . K ~ B2 one of the [(loks must fal l. The bishop sacri_ The play on ... K·Q2 113 about the same. Ece therefore must be accepted and we obtain 4 P-R7 R-QR3ch 5 K.Kt4 R(Kt)-QKt3ch the _following variations: Best! If 5. . . . R(Kt)-KB3?; 6 P-R8(Q), Rx VARIATION A: 1 . . . R(Q)xB; 2 P-R7, R Q; 7 RxR, RxP; 8 R·R7ch,ctc. If the Black K QKt5ch; 3 K_B2, R(B)_B5ch; 4 K-Q2 (not 4 hadbeen at Q2 t hen 6 P ·B8-(Q), RxQ; 7 RxR, K_Ql?, R_Kt8ch; 5 K_Q2, R_QR5; 6 P.Kt7, R_ RxP; 8 R-B7ch, etc. 6 K.B4 R-QB3ch KKt8), R-Kt7ch; 5 K_K3, R_Kt6ch; 6 K-B2, 7 K.Q3!! .... R_R6; 7 P_Kt7, K_B I ; 8 P.Kt8(Q) ch, K_Kt2; Capturing the P allows Black to draw by per 9 Q_KtSch followed by 10 P_RS(Q)ch, etc. petual Check. Neither will 7 K-Q5 do b ecause - VAHIATION B: 1 .. . R(B)xB; 2 P-Kt7, R_ o-f .. . R-R4ch; 8 K-K4, R-K3ch; 9 K.o3 (not 9 KxP, R·Q3ch ; 10 ,K-B'I, R-QB3ch; 11 K-Kt4, ax Q&h; 3 K-Kt2 (3 K_R2 is also good, but not R:P!; 12 P-BS(Q), R-KtZch with perpetual check 3"K-B2, R_KKt8; 4 P-R7, R_B4ch! followed by on RZ and Kt2. Nor 9 K-KB4, R·KB3ch; fol : . . R_Bl), R(Q4)-Q7ch ; 4 K-Kt3! (not 4 K lowed by ... R xKBP), R-QR6ch; 10 K-B4, R R3 or 4 K_B3 due to 4 . . . P_Kt5ch! ; 5 K-Kt3, QE3ch; 11 K-Q5 and White keeps on going :In a circle. If in this line 10 K-QB2, R-K7ch; 11 R_QKtSohj 6 K_B4, R_KKtS; 7 P-R7, R-R7), K-Ktl or Ql, R(K)-QR7; 12 R-QESch, KxR: -13 R_KKt8; 5 P_R7, K_Kl; 6 P_RS(Q)ch, K_B2; P-BS(Q)ch, K-Kt2: 14 Q~B7Ch, R-Rl!' drawn. 7 Q_KBSch, followed by S P_Kt8(Q)ch, etc. Also 10 K-QZ would not have helped, 10 ... In Diagram No. 6 one black rook attacks the R·QR7ch; 11 K-Q1 (if K-Q3; 12 R-RBch) , R KBP, preventing its promotion, while the KE3! and the mating threat plus the attack on the KilP prevents 13 P-R8(Q) and forces 13 p other black rook indirectly prevents the promo B8(Q) which only draws. tion of the QRP due to the threat of ... R 7 . . . . R.R6ch QR3ch. To win it is necessary to bring the 8 K-K4! R.K3ch Bishop to the critical square (KB6) and the 9 K·B5 R(K)-QR3! To answer 10 P-B8(Q) with 10 ... R-KEBch, maneuver commences with 1 B_Kt5ch! 1£ Black etc. takes the B immediately 1 .. . R(Kt)xB (the 10 K-Kt5! other rook of course cannot leave the KB file) ; 11 K_B4 then White wins by 2 P.BS(Q)ch, RxQ; 3 P_ 12 P.R8(Q) 13 RxR R.KB8ch R7 and mate cannot be prevented. The object 14 K_K4 RxP of the Black P on Q5 is now dear. Without 15 R_R7ch and wins its presence Black could win by alternate rook (To be continued) checks along the B and KtEles. (Translated from Tijdschrift--J. B. S.) 276 THE CHESS REVIEW
U. S. Championship Curious Chess Facts Tournament By IRVING CHERNEV
Special Prize Awards In a tournament game played for the Cham_ 1ST BRILLIANCY PRlZE--,$40.00 pionship of Berlin in 1933, Sremisch was under To A. S. Denker (vs. Horowitz) .such extreme time_pressure as to have only 4 minutes in which to make 20 moves. His op_ 2ND BRILLIANCY PRIZE----$30.00 ponent, Gumprich, had a half_hour at his dis_ To I. A. Horowitz (Vf. Reshevsky) posal, but became so confused at the rapidity 3RD BRILLIANCY PRIZE- $30.00 of Sremisch's play that he lost the game! To S. Bernstein (VJ. Reshevsky) A. Steiner, playing against E. Colle at Buda_ pest, 1926, inadvertently knocked his King 4TH BRILLIANCY PRIZE-$15.00 over with his sleeve, and erroneously replaced To W. Adams (VI. Bernstein) him at KKt square instead of KR square where HONORABLE MENTION he belonged. During the game, he played a To M. Hanauer (VI. Kashdan) combination which forced a win, but which would not have been sound with the King on BEST PLAYED GAME PRlZE-$25.00 KR sCjuare. Unfortunately for Colle, he did not realize Shared equally by: the discrepancy until the game was over, and I. Kashdan (VI. Kupchik) his protest to the committee was turned down, R. Fine (Vf. Kashdan) as the rules did not cover such a situation. This HONORABLE MENTION accident relegated Colle to 7th place instead of 3rd. S. Reshevsky (vs. Treysman) THE MANHATTAN MERRy_Go_RoUND U. S. Championship Tournament In the championship Tournament of the May, 1936 Manhattan Chess Club, played in 1935: SICILIAN DEFENSE I. A. Horowitz A. S. Denker Platz beat Willman; Willman beat M!CMur_ White Black ray; MacMurray beat Kashdan; Kashdan beat 1 P.K4 P_QB4 20 Q-K3 Q-BS Kupchik; Kupchik beat Richman; Richman beat 2 Kt.KB3 P-K3 21 R_Kt3 P_R3 Hassialis; Hassialis beat Horowitz; Horowit2 3 Kt.B3 P-Q3 22 BxKt BxB 4 P.Q4 PxP 23 KR_Kt1 R_K1! beat Denker; Denker beat Jackson; Jackson 5 KtxP P.QR3 24 KR_QB1 8-Kt4 beat Simonson; Simonson beat S c h war t z ; 6 B_K2 Q.B2 25 P_B4 P-K41 Schwanz beat Cohen; Cohen beat Tenner; Ten_ 7 0-0 P-QKt4 26 P_B3 PxP ner beat Platz. 8 P_QR4 P_Kt5 27 Q_K2 P-B41 9 Kt_R2 Kt_KB3 28 KtxP RxKP! Start all over again and continue until ex 10 B_B3 B_Kt2 29 Q-B1 Q_Q4 hausted. (This proves that everyone is better 11 R_K1 QKt_Q2 30 Kt-Q4 R_K6 than every one else.) 12 KtxKtP B_K2 31 R-B2 Q_B5 13 P-B3 Kt-K4 32 R-Q1 QR_K1 14 B_Kt5 0-0 33 R-Kt2 B_R5! 15 Kt_Q3 KtxBeh 34 R-KKt1 P_Kt4 16 PxKt QR-Kt1 35 R-Kt4 QxKt(Q5)!! U. S. Championship Tournament 17 K_R1 B-R1 36 PxQ RxBP May, 1936 18 Q_Q2 KR-B1 37 Q-Kt2 RxKt SICIL.IAN DEFENSE 19 'R_KKt1 K-B1 Resign. W. Adams S. Bernstein White Black 1 P-K4 P.QB4 13 Q-K2 KtxBeh 2 Kt.KB3 Kt_KB3 14 RPxKt Kt-Q4 Second ~hand, old and rare chess books. 3 P-K5 Kt_Q4 15 KtxKt BxKt Out_of-print books a specialty. Send for 4 Kt-B3 Kt-B2 16 RxB PxR our list. 5 P-Q4 p,p 17 R_Q1 B-K2 We aiso buy chess books and will pay 6 QxP Kt-B3 18 RxP 0-0 cash for any quantity. 7 Q.K4 ,P_QKt3 19 Q-Q2 R_R2 8 B.KB4 B_Kt2 20 Kt-Q4 Q.K1 University Place Book Shop 9 0-0·0 P.K3 21 Kt_B5 R.B2 105 UniversilY Place bet. 12th & 13th Sts. 10 B_QKt5 P.QR3 22 B_R6! Q-Q1 NEW YORK, N. Y. 11 B.R4 P·QKt4 23 BxP R-K1 12 B.Kt3 Kt-R4 24 KtxBeh R"lgn. DECEMBER, 19 36 277 Puerto Rico every game except his last round encounter with Seitz, which cfeveioped into a short draw. International Tourney Seitz also went through the sc.hedule unde. From November 16 to 22 the Puerto Rican feated. Marshall finished in third place, losing Chess Federation held an international tourna_ to Kashdan and drawing with Seitz. ment in which 1. Kashdan (U. S. A. ) , F. J. Puerto Rican Tourney Marshall (U. S. A.) and Dr. A. Seitz (Ger. November, 1936 many) , matched their skill against five Puerto QU E EN'S GAMBIT DECL INED ' Rican Stars: Raf;el Ci ntron (their champion), I. Kashdan P. Got ay White Black .Pedro A. Gotay, Francisco Benitez, Miguel R. 1 P-Q4 P_Q4 13 B·K B4 K t. Kt 3 Cancio, Jr., and Francisco Prieto. The San Juan 2 P.QB4 P-Q B3 14 R.Q 1c h K.K 2 C. C. was the scene of action. 3 Kt.QB3 Kt.B3 15 B_ K t3 P-QR3 Marshall jwnped into the lead at the start, 4 K t-B3 PxP 16 P_R4 K_ B2 5 P-QR4 Q Kt_Q2 17 P-QRS B.K2 then Seitz overtook :him, Kashdan remaining 6 P_K4 P-K41 18 B-B7 KtxP in the background due to a number of unfin_ 7 PxP Kt_Kt5 19 Kt_R4! P-QKt4 ished games. When these had been scored on 8 P.K6! PxP 20 PxP e. p. B·Kt2 the right side of the ledger, ,however, he as· 9 BxP QKt_K4 21 RxKt ! B,R 10 QxQch KxQ 22 KtxP B.QS3 sumed 'Ohe lead and ,held it to the finish. 11 Ktx K t Ktx Kt 23 R. Q6 Resigns In annexing premier honors, Kashdan won 12 B_K2 P-B4 I 1 I 2 I 3 I 4 I , I 6 I 7 18 I JVon I Lost I Drawn I TOlal 1 I. Kashdan ...... V, 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 6 0 1 6V2 ' '12 I . 1 1 1 1 2 A. Seitz ...... I '12 V, 1 , I 0 2 6 - 1 3 F. J Marshall ...... 0 V, . V, 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 , -2 I , R. Cintron ...... 0 0 V, . V, V, 1 1 2 2 3 3'12'3'12 I , F. ,Benitez ...... 0 0 0 'I, . V, 1 1 I 2 3 2 3 -4 6 P. Gotay -...... I 0 0 0 V, V, 1 1 2 3 2 3 _4 7 M. Cancio, l'· ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 1 I 1 6 0 1 -6 8 F. Prieto ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . I 0 7 I 0 0 -7 I "
STANDING (I.eft to tight) : Eduardo Robert, Jr., Rafre! Prez, Antonio Rodriguez SEATED: Isaac Kashdan, Rev. Paul Morondo, Mrs. Marshall, Ftank J. Marshall My Best Games of Chess By 1 KAsHDAN
Hastings, England 12 .. _ . P_Kt4 December, 1931 If ... Kt(Kt3)xP; 13 p-n4 wins. If ... Kt ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE (K4)xP; 13 P-KKt3!, Q-K5 (QxRP; 1-1 BxKt, (Notes by I. Kashdan) KtxB ; 15 Q-R4Ch ·as before); 14 Kt·B3 (R-Kl is I. Kashdan Dr. M. Euwe also very strong), and the Kt must fal\. The White Black text is Ve!'Y aggressiv e, though mack is hardly justified in such stonniug tactics. However, If 1 P.K4 Kt_KBS 12 . .. B-K2; 13 P-B4! and maCk's pieces be· Alekhinc'g Defense, which had Quite a. vognc come badly misplaced. in the 2Q's, but is infrequently seen today. The idea. is to induce an aal'ly advance of White's 13 Q_B2 R·KKt1 Pawns, which may become weak. But the loss Continuing his plan of direct attack. If now of t ime through the Kt moves is a serious 13 ... Kt(K1)xP; 11 P-D·!!, Kt-R4; 15 Q-B3, handicap, and Wilite should obtain the advan and again the Kt is lost. tage. . 2 P.K5 · . . . 14 Kt-Q2 P_KtS 15 PxP KtxKtP The most forceful move. If 2 Kt-QB3, P-K4 16 Q_K 4ch? turns 'into the Vienna Game, or ... P-Q4 will • • • • also equalize. Up to this point. White has obtained a clear positional advantage, which 1s jeop.ardlzed ·by 2 . . . . Kt.Q4 3 P.QB4 Kt-Kt3 this lll-consid·ered move. ·Correct was at once 16 Kt-B3, Q-R4; 17 B-B4, 0-0-0 (there is hardly 4 P-Q4 P.Q3 anything better); 18 Kt-R2, P-KB4; 19 B-Q3, Essential at this point. Not 4 . . . Kt-E S?; when the Pawn is lost. Black has no real at 5 P-Q5 !, KtxKP; 6 p.D5, Kt(Kt3)-B5; 7 P-B4 tack despite the menacing looking open file. winning a piece. T he difference in the text move will be made 5 PxP • • • • apparent in the nexl nole. The simple&t. maintaining a slight advantage B_K2 in the possession of the center and generally 16 . . . . freer game. 5 P-B'J leads to complications, 17 Kt_B3 Q_R4 18 B_B4 P_KB4! after .. . PxP; 6 DPxP, Kt-DS; 7 B-KS, D-B4; etc. TIle resulting position is more to Black's The point is that 19 Q·K6 will not do because liking, and gives him good chances to play of ... R-Kt3. 'rhe Queen must retreat, and against the Pawns. as a r~sult White has lost two full moves, which 5 . . . . KPxP naturally makes the game more critical. 6 Kt_KB3 • • • • 19 Q-B2 0 -0-0 6 Kt-QBS is a. sha.de betier, to delay the fav 20 KR_K1 orable development o[ Black's QB. However, • • • • the threats which Black buBds up with his Threatening B-Q3. The weakness of Black's next few moves should not prove ef[ecUve. Pawns is still an important factor, -though the attack ·has gained in strength due to the extra. 6.... B-Kt5 tempos. 7 P_KR3 B-R4 8 B·K2 Kt_BS 20 . . . . Kt_Q2 9P_Q5 ... , Getting this piece 1n play and concealing a Deliberately losing time to induce the ex clever idea. change of Bishop for Knight. The continuation requires careful treatment and leads to inter esting play. 9 0-0 was a good alternative, as Dr. M. Euwe if then .. BxKt; 10 BxD, KtxBP?; 11 Q-K2ch wins. 9.... BxKt Not .. Kt-K4?; 10 KtxKt, DxB; 11 QxB, Px Kt; 12 QxPch, etc. Retreating the Kt is evid· ently inferior. 10 BxB Kt_K4 ., 11 B_K2 Q_R5 ... KtxBP wouid Jose a piece because of 12 BxKt, KtxB; 13 Q-R4ch. But now the attack on the Pawn becomes more acute. 120·0! .... This was part of the plan started with the 9th move, and it is an important point that the P can still not be talren. If instead 12 P -QKt3, Q-B3! with threats along the diagonal would be difficult to meet. I. Kashdan 278 DECEMBER, 1936 279
21 Kt-R2 --- . 6.... P_Q4 If 21 B-Q3, Kt(Kt5}-K4!; 22 KtxKt, PxKt; 23 7 B-Q3 PxKt BxKP, KtxB; 24 RxKt, B-Q3! with a dangerous 8 BxP B-Q3 attack. 9 P_Q4 PxP 21 . . . . Q.B2 KtxP would have prevented the doubllng 22 B·Q3 KtxKt of the Vs, -but I did not consider t he weakness The exchange relieves White's game, and the to be Silrious, and i t is compensated by the two Bs soon take command of the situation. H active two Bs. 9 ... KtxP; 10 KLxKt, PxKt; 22 ... QR-B!; 23 KtxKt, PxKt; 2·\ B-R6 , R 11 QxP. 0·0; 12 B·K3 (but not 12 O- O??, ExP KI; 25 DxP!, R-RI; 26 B-Kt6 wins the ex chI wins), would have l ead to perfect equalily. change. Or 23 .. . RxKt; 24 P-KKt3, Q-Kt2 10 BxKtch PxB (If QR-Kt1 ; 25 BxDP!, RxB; 26 B-K6 followed 11 QxP 0 _0 by DxR wins): 25 K -HI, and the BP cannot be 12 0-0 P_QB4 saved_ 13 Q_B3 Q_Q2 23 BxKt P-BS Thc Queen obstructs the Bishop, but as the 24 B_B5 R_Kt4 latter belongs at Kt2, that Is no objection. 25 B_R3 • • • • Black wishes to be in position Cor ... Q-B3 or Now White's K side Is secnre, and he Js . . . Q-D-I should the weak P be attacked. KKt5 ready for ·effective pl ay against the KBP. The is an additional good squar e with considerable pressure on the K fil e and against the pinned attacking Chances. Kt becomes very useful. 14 P_QKt3 .... 25 . . _. P_B6 As the long diagon'al can be readily blocked, 26 Q_K4 Q_Kt2? the fianchetto pl"O ves meaningl ess , 14 Kt-K5 followed by 15 Kt-84 w ould have offered more An unsound sacriftce which loses off-hand. pI'ospeets of equallzlng_ But there Is no good reply. If .. _ R-Kt2; 27 B-B4 (threatening B-R6 as well as QxBP); Px 14 . . . . B_Kt2 P; 28 D-R6, R-Kt3; 29 QxB, QxQ; 30 RxQ, RxB; 15 B-Kt2 P. KB3 31 KxP. The thl'eat then is QR-Kl followed by 16 Q-Q3 KR_K1 doubllng the Rooks on the seventh to which As the Rook can be opposed on -the open file, thel'e is no adequ at e dc(cnse. this only leads to a general exchange. Stronger w as .. . P-QR4, when
17 KR.K1 RxRc h Forced, fOr If 30 K-Ql , Q-Q6cb; 31 K-Kl, Q 18 RxR R.K1 Q7ch; 32 K-Bl, P-B7 wins tbe Kt. 19 K .Bl RxRch 30",. B_BS 20 KtxR Q-K3 30 ... P·B7 Is very -en ticing, and If 31 KtxP, Now Black threatens ... BxRP (or !( %% p. B-B6ch forces mate. but, Unfortunately, 31 K K13 , P-KR4 a nd the B cann.ot be trapped. .., Q% is a complete defen!e, after w hich the P P-B5 followed by ... B-Ra IS abo a strong pos· cannot be saved, Another false try is 30 ... sibllity. Q-KtSch; 31 K-K2, Q-Kt7c: h; 32 K-BS, P-B7; 33 21 Q.KtS B.K5 Q-Q5ch, and now wherever the K goes either 22 P.R3 .... Q-K4ch, Q-B5 ch, or Q-B6ch will win the ad If 22 Q-Kot8ch, K-B2; 23 QxRP, BxBP!; 24 Kt vanced P. xB, QxKtP, which combination actually occurs on the next move. Nlmzowitsch a pparently did The idea of the text Is to exchange the Kt, not realize the danger, 'but refrained from tak which Is well placed for defense. The result. ing the RP beclLuse of 23 ... Q·Q4. This would Ing Q endgame requires exact play, but Dlack's also be annoying. as :it threatens , , , ExRP or advantage must prove 8utnclent to win, BxBP or ... Q-Q8. 31 Q.K" .... 22 • . .. K.B2 But not 3t Q-QSc h !, QxQ; 32 KtxQ, P-B7! and 23 Q.R6 , , . . tbe P queens. 31 • , . , BxKt 32 PxB . . . , If 32 QxB, Q·Kt8c:h; 83 K-K2, P-BT wins, as White has no checks. 32 . , , . P.KB4 33 Q.B2 Q.B4 34 K-K2 K-K2 Now threatening " . QxRP, which at this point would have been answered 'by QxPch! Black's plan Is to bring his K t o the Q side, either winning the QRP, or by protecting the SP, freeing tbe Q. (or action. 35 P.QR4 Q-BSch 36 K-Kl , •.. If 36 Q-Q3, Q-B3! ; 37 K-Ql ( ... P·B7 Is threatened), QxRPch; which would win w i:th little fu rther t rouble. 36".. K-Q3 37 P-Kt4 , ... A, Nimzowitsch In order to obtain a second plUlsed pawn, but Los ing IL Pawn, and It is a curious oversight it gives Black an extra P on the KR file, so for the mnn who was known as a l ~c(ln tacti· hardly improves mattors, There js little (or clan. A defeuslve move such as 23 Q· K2 was Wh!le to do as his Q evidently must remain in order, though Black always has lhe better fixed. winning chances. 37" ., PxP 23 , . . . BxBP! 38 PxP K_B4 24 KtxB QxKtP 39 P-K4 Q_Q5 25 Kt.K 3 QxB S topping the P a Dd threatening, curiously 26QxP . ," enough, to w!n the Q by 40 ... Q-Kt8cb; 41 The game Is s till far from easy. The extra P K-K2, Q·K t7ch; as either 42 K-Q l or 42 K-Q3 is doubled, .and W hite has an outside passed would allow a mate. P, which may become mos t dangerous. 40 K_K2 K. Kt5 26 , , . . Q-Kt4ch 40 . , . Q·Q7cll? would be a blunder because T he plan Is to combine the advance o[ the P or 41 QxQ, PxQ; 42 P-K 5, K-Q4; 43 P-RS and with direct threats against the K In order to White wins. But the text puts WhIte in "Zug- gain time. If ". P-B5 ; 27 P-QR4 (but Dot 27 2;wang", and he must lose one of his pawns. KtxP, Q·D8chl , P-D6; 28 Q-Q·1, Q-R7; 29 I<:-Kl 41 P.Kt5 P-R4 (better than 29 QxQBP, QxRP etc.), and It is 42 PxP e. p. PxP difficult tor Dlack to make any headway, 43 Q-Ktlch , , .. 27K. K 1 , . .• , There is nothing better, but now Black can H 27 K·Ktl, Q·K t8ch; 28 Kt-Bl, P·BS; 29 Q easlly avoid the checks, a.nd the sequel requires Q4, Q·B8 ; and now White js Hed up, a nd can little explanation. offer little reSistance to the advance o r the BP. 43 .... I( then 30 Q-Q5ch, K-K2; 31 Q·K4cb. K-Ql ; 32 KxP Q-RSch, K·Q2; S3 Q·R4ch, K-KZ etc. 44 Q.R2ch K_Kt5 45 Q.Kt1ch K.B4 27,.,. 8_K" 46 Q-Kt7 Q.Q3 28 , , , K·Q2 . 47 Q.Kt3 Q·Q7eh T he threat W Il$ 28 ... B-B6ch; 29 K-Ql. Q- 48 K.B3 P·B? Q6cb and mate in 2. 49 Q-R3ch Q.Kt5 28 • , , , P.BS 50 Q-R7ch K-Kt4 29 Q.R8 P.B6ch 51 Q.K3 Q-Kt? 30 K,K1 , . . , ResJgnll Addenda to Griffith and White 8, FRED REINFELD
ALEKHINE' S DEFENSE 11 . . . • P .B3 14 BxKt KtxKteh 12 PxP p,p 15 RxKt RPxB As an afterthought, we hark back in this 13 P-Q5 Kt. K4 16 PxP BxP article roo Columns 1-4. Blaek Co/nnm 2 After the moves: 1 P-K4 Kt-KB3 7 a·KS 8 .84 2 P_K 5 Kt_Q4 8 Kt_QBS P.K3 3 P_QB4 Kt_KtS 9 B_K2 Q.Q2 • 4 P_Q4 P_Q3 10 Kt_S3 0 -0 ·0 5 P_B4 PlI P 11 0.0 • • • • 6 BPxP Kt_B3
Blaek
White Note (e) omits at this point the interesting va riation given by Tanakower in Dat N euro_ mantiuhe 5(ha(h ; 16 . . . Q_Kt2; 17 Q_KBI , BxP; 18 RxP, B.B4ch; 19 K-R I, QR_BI ; 20 RxRch, RxR; 21 8-B3, Q _ Q~ and Black regains h is P with a fin e g ame. But the text is also quice good. In either variation, the power of the Bs o n the open board is bound to regain White the P sacrificed. 17 QxQeh BxQ 18 Rx? 8·Kt2 The column continues only with the move 19 R-S3 B_Kt5 11 .. . P.B3. And the column concl udes with the remark In DaJ N.eurom(mliJ( he Schach, Tartakower "Biack has the better position." However, suggests 11 . . . B_KK t~ as a possible alre-rna. since the soundness of the whole opening de_ rive, with the continuation: 12 Kt.KKr5, BxB; pends in a large measu re on rhe game 20 R.Kt3 B.Q5ch! 24 Kt.Kt1 KR-Q1 Znosko_Borowski, evidently ambitious for 21 K.R1 B,B 25 R_Kt3 B_Q5 more than mere equality (12 KtxP, Kt_B3; 13 22 KtxB B,P 26 Kt-B3 RxRP 23 R_QKt1 R.Q7 KtxKt, QxQch; 14 RxQ, PxKt etc.), played: and Black won (de Veer-Treer, Correspond. 12 B_Kt5 . . - . ence 1927_8). ,,;A~. Alekhine Column 3 This commences witb the moves: 1 P_K4 Kt·KB3 7 B_K3 8.84 2 P.K5 Kt.Q4 8 Kt·QB3 P. K3 3 P_QB4 Kt· Kt3 9 B_K2 8.K2 4 P_Q4 P-Q3 10 Kt_BS 0-0 5 P.B4 PxP 11 0.0 ,P.B3 6 BPxP Kt.B3 Whereupon Alekhine sacrificed his Q with 12 . . . . PxKt! 1S BxQ RxB , But this move, which ~s passed over in the column withom comment, is a mistake, so much so that Alekhine writes in his aut.horitative notes in Auf d~m We ge zur W e!tmeisterschaft: White "A hasty move, which ruined most of my interest in the fUrther course o r the game and certainly contributed to my finally allOwing my Here the column continues with 12 Kt.KR4, opponent to escape. Correct (and originally but there is another continuation which is at intended) was 13 ....PXP, whereupon the game least as good as this one, namely: might have taken the following course: 12 Q.K1 .... I 14 BxKt (if 14 PxKt, RxB and wins), Px In a game Berndtsson-Takacs, Kecskemet R = Q; 15 QxQ, Kt-B7ch; 16 K-B2, PxB fol 1927, White played the inferior 12 PXP, BxP lowed by . .. B-B-kh or .. . RxP etc. bringing the host!le KB into action against the II 14 B-Kt5! PxR=Q; 15 BxQ. Kt-B7ch; 16 QP. White's task in this variation Is to pre K-B2, R-Ql; 17 Q-K2. B·B4ch; 18 K -Kt3, 0 -0 serve a broad but pliable P center, and at the threatening ... B-Q6 or simply . . . KtxP. same time to avoid making moves which in In either case Black would have had a mate crease the scope or Black's pieces. rial adva.ntage as well as dangerous threats 12 . . . . Kt.Kt5 and would unquestionably have won-a reault The seemingly strong 12 . . . B·KKt5 is which can only be achieved after the all-too '·simple' text-move after a rather prolonged answered by 13 R-Ql! struggle." 13 R.Q1 Kt-B7 14 Q-B2 KtxB We turn now to consider a number of varia 15 QxKt • • • • tions which, though basic alternatives to the And White has the better game (L. Steiner early moves of the variation, are completely Takacs, Vienna 1927). ignored. Column 4 Columns 1 to 4 This consists of the opening moves of the After 1 P"K4, Kt_KB3; 2 P-K'5, Kt_Q4; 3 game Znosko_Borowski vs. Alekhine, Paris P_QB4, Kt.Kt3; 4 P.Q4, P-Q3; '5 P_KB4 Black 1925- w:hich is rightly called "an extraordin_ almost invariably plays 5 . .. PxP; etc. There ary game." is, however, no reason why he should not first After the introductory moves: play '5 ... B-B4 if he wishes. Against · this 1 P_K4 Kt _KB3 7 B·K3 8_84 move Tartakower recommends 6 B-Q3, but Dr. 2 P_K5 Kt_Q4 8 Kt_KBS P-KS Euwe has refuted this move in an instructive 3 P.QB4 Kt_KtS 9 Kt_83 Kt_Kt5 4 P_Q4 P-Q3 10 R_B1 P_B4 analysis which shows how White may easily 5 P _B4 PxP 11 P-QRS p,p get a bad game if his center Ps entail too many 6 BPxP Kt_BS obligations: DECEMBER , 1936 283 A BATTLE ROYAL! AN INTERESTING BLINDFOLD GAME Amsterdam C. C. Masters Tournament (Both sides playing sana voir) October, 1936 Washington, D. C. FOUR KNIGHTS' OPENING November, 1936 Dr. A. Alekhine Dr. M. Euwe QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING White Black l. S. Turover S. Reshevsky 1 P.K4 P.K4 33 K,Kt2 KtxQ White Black 2 Kt.KB3 Kt.QB3 34 KtxQeh K,Kt1 1 P.Q4 P,Q4 23 BxB R,B 2 Kt· KB3 P,QB4 24 BxP RxKtP 3 Kt.B3 Kt·B3 35 KtxP R,Kt3 3 P,B3 KKt,B3 25 0,0 K,Q1 4 B·Kt5 B· Kt5 Black has w eath· 4 P,K3 QKt.Q2 26 R,B2 K.K2 5 0·0 0·0 ered the stOI'm and 5 B·Q3 Q,B2 27 QR,KB1 B.Kt4! 6 P.Q3 P.Q3 the Q side becomes This type of devel· 28 R,K1 P_Q5 7 Kt·K2 Kt.K2 the battle-ground. p,p 8 P.8S B·R4 36 P.KR4? P·B4! opment for W hite Is 29 PxP 37 PxP? RxP known as the Colle 30 R·Q2 R.Kt1 9 Kt·KtS P.BS System. 31 R,K4 R(Kt)·Q1 10 B·R4 Kt.KtS 38 K. R3 KtxP 39 R,B1 R,QB3 6 Q,K2 P.K4 32 K·B2 B,B$ 11 P.Q4 R.K1 K,B3 12 B.Kt3 PxP 40 KR·K1 Kt.K5! 7 PxKP KtxP 33 R·Kt4 8 KtxKt QxKt 34 B.B2 R.. 13 PxP B.K3 Black invi tes a 9 Kt,Q2 B.Q2 35 R(Kt)xQP R,R The KP could not wholesale exchange 10 P,K4 0,0.0 36 RxR b ecause the ending BxPl be capt ured. See 11 Kt,B3 Q·R4 37 B.Kt3 R,K5 why. is WOll. 12 Kt. Kt5! QxQch 38 R.Q6ch K,K2 14 Kt·Kt5 B,B 41 RxR PxR 13 BxQ B,K1 39 R,KKt6 R.KKt5 15 QxB Q.Q2 42 R·QB1 .... 14 P,K5! Kt·Q2? 40 R,K6ch K.Q1 White rightly r e ' 16 P·BS P·KR3 Better was . . . Kt· 41 R.Q6ch K·B2 17 Kt·R3 R.K3 ? fuses to liquidate all K5. The text should 42 R·Q3 B.B$ Better is . . B· the pieces. lose the exch ange. 43 B,Q5 B,B Kt3 at once. 42 . . .. KtxKtch 15 P.K6! Kt,K4 44 RxB R,QB5 18 Kt·84 Kt.Kt 43 PxKt R.K3 16 P,KB4 Kt·Kt3 45 R·Q2 K,B3 19 BxKt B.Kt3 44 K,Kt4 K·B2 17 P, B5! Kt·K4 46 K,Kt3 P,QR4 45 R,B3 P·R4 20 QR·Q1! QR.K1 18 B·KB4 P,KR3 47 R,QS P.Kt4 21 K,Rl P,Q4! 46 K,B3 K.Kt3 19 BxKt PxKt 48 R·QB3 47 R,R3 KxP RxRch 22 P,K5 Kt. R2 20 P.B6! B·Q3 49 PxR P·QKt5 23 Kt.B5 P,B3 48 RxP K,B4 21 PxKtP R,Kt1 50 PxP p,p To gain freedom 49 P.R4 P.Kt4 22 B.Kt41 . . . . 51 K·Kt~ K.Kt4 for the Black pieces. 50 R.R8 R,K5 24 P,KKt4! PxP Her·e White faJ · 52 KxP K·R5 51 R. KB8ch K,K4 ters. B·B6 w 0 u 1 d 53 P.R4 K,R6 25 BxP Kt.B3 52 R,K8ch K·Q5 have won the e x - 54 P·R5 K.. 26 Q,Q3 K.R1 53 R.QKt8! .... change. 55 P·R6 P.Kt6 27 R.KKt1 B·B2 A trap t o draw. 22 . . . . P,B4! 56 P,R1 P,Kt7 28 P.B4 Q.B2 53 . . . . P.B4! The correct de· 57 P. R8(Q) 29 QR. KB1 BxB 54 P·Kt4 P·B5 fense ! P,Kt8(Q) 30 BPxB Kt.K5! 55 P.R5 R·K6ch Drawn 31 P·Kt5 .... 56 K,B2 R,QR'l See how KlxRP 57 R,KKt8 P,B6 would be refuted. 58 RxP R,R7ch! 31 . . . . PxP 59 K,B3 P.B7 .'.• . . . ' '.'• 32 Kt,Q6 Kt·B7eh 60 R·Kt1 and resigns. CHESS TIME CLOCKS 6 B,Q3? B,B 7 QxB p,p 8 BPxP P.QB4! 9 P,Q5 • • • • If 9 Kr,KB3, PxP; 10 KrxP, Kt.B3 wins ar least a P. 9 . . . . P.K3 And the double threat of PxP or . . . Q,R5ch wins a P. (To be contimled ) A Subscription to THE CHESS REVIEW Thi5 latest model is 5ubsramially bu ilt with a line Would Be a Handsome movement, exceptionally suited for march and Christmas Gift tournament play.-Price S7.~0.-Postage extra. 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D. Ballard and s. W. Stock; Press stores, one should not overlook the bc: 1I jingo Agent, F. W, Watson; Curator, J. M itchen. A leu. Far be it for :l. chess plarer co interpret King's. Gambit Tournament is the club's lates t a few or;lnges and a game or chess as a MerT)' attractIon. ChriSl mas. An}' good. hea rt ed philanthropist, Toronto's Queen City Club announces news whether :I chess pla)'er. !,'Oif player, politician of a recent ,'isit to London, Ont., made by C. o r what else? knows the Irut: meaning of A. Crompton, club member, who in the com. Quistmas, and of the hospitals, homes for pan}' o f Messrs. M. Sim and B. Freedman, local kidJid minus a daddy to play Santa Claus and promorers, fi lled a lecture and simult aneous en. other such wonhy objects of. assistance. In ~a~ement. T hi s youth fu l Toronto player is time of war, 1)(.'Ople may be urged 10 give until reported to have lost only two p:ames against it hurts! Li ut whr only then? eighteen plarers, after g iving a very fin e lecture on the Frend1 Ddenct:. W. N . W ilson and Hero of Philadelphia! A. r. W hitehead are the rClxHted victorious "Clap hands, here comes Horowitz." And London pla),ers. so it wa.s that upon his arrival in TorontO a T he appende([ accounc from M alcolm Sims· rousing ovation g reeted the congueror o f Phib,. chess column, Oct. 31st, gives a splendid de. delphia's recem A. C. F. Congress. T hus, the tailed writi n,!; of a startling Queen City- Var. (est of Toromo's chess abil ity was ushered in sity match ; " Honors were c:asy in an exciting . fo r a dlOTOugh checking on the night o f las( fifteen board match at H art House last Monday, October 27th. It is natu ral to su rmise that the when Q ueen Cit y playe rs were visitors and bulk of the opposition deliberately contem. shared the points with Varsity, 7y:! each. C. plated netting points to their own advantage, A. Crompton gOt a snap win over R. B. Hayes and such as it might have been- 'rwas ni~h to at top board. T hi s was offset by A. D. Mc. naught! W ith an appreciable audience o f en. Connc!l's commendable success a~ai nst P. Auer. 284 DE CEMBER, 1936 285 News Events Empire Scace News Pennsylvania Chatter T he advent of (he Winrer season witnesses At (he annual meeting of the Philadelphia the usual heightening of chessic activities. Chess AsS- n the fo llowing officers were elened: The Manhattan C. C. began its annual President, Wm. A. Ruth; Vice_President, H. B. championship tou rnament with twelve entrants: Oster; Secretary, 1. Goldstein; Treasu rer, H. S. S. Cohen, A. S. Denker, E. S. Jackson, I. Morris. P. B. Driver was appointed Tourna_ Kashdan, Dr. H. -Kl ine, A. Kupchik, D. Mac. ment Director. Murray, Dr. J. Pi au, E. Schwartz, A. Simchow, O. Tenner and R. Willman. Tlhe DireCtors The Executive Committee of the Ass'n re_ have allotted a total of $170 in prize money. leased a ranking list of the first 20 players in The field is a very St rong one and keen com_ Philadelphia, and we give the first 10: petition is ~xp ec ted . It is too bad that I. A. 1. J. L~in 6. D. W eine r 2. B. W inkelman 7. W . Ruth Ho rowitz, A. Kevitz and A. C. Simonson (ould 3. A. Regen 8. H . Morris not panicipate. Horowitz is at present on tour 4. S. DllUin 9. I. Ash and will nO[ retu rn until December 19(h. ). J. Gordon 10. V. DiManino Kevin could not get away from his business The Erie C. C. defeated rhe Gennan C. C. of activities. Simonson d id noc rerum from the Buffalo, N. Y., in a 9-man match held at Buf_ Pacific Coast umi! after the tournament had falo on Nov. 15th, by the score of 7-2. started. Thei r presence would certainly have turned the event into a super.tournament. bach at (he second table. An indefatigable worker for chess, B. Freedman has no time to Twenty_eight players divided into 4 groups delve in chess books, but a natural ability car will contes t the preliminaries of the Marshall des him far, and he notched a p?int for Queen Chess Club Championship' Tournament. The City at third board. The indiVIdual res ulrs fol first two in each grqup W Ill meet wirh ch e four lo w, with Queen City players g iven fi rst: p ri ze winners of last year in a final round_robin Crompton 1, Hayes 0; Auerbacrh 0, McConnell to determi ne (he club champion. 1; Freedman I, Campbell 0 ; Underhill I, Men In a nine board match held at the rooms of delssohn 0; Tighe 1; Moure 0 ; Rover 0, the Marshall Chess Gub, the team representing Morrison 1; Jotham 12, Smith Y2 ; Gottlieb 0, that club defeated a picked tcam from Elizabeth Bayly I ; W es tergrad 1, Lewis 0 ; Spence 0, by the score of 5Yz -312' Graham I ; Jellings 0, Kaplansky 1; A Zim_ The score: merman 0, Paisley 1; 1. Zimmerman 1, W atson 0 ; Wisebloom 1, Duncan 0; Day 0, ScOtt 1." MarJhali C. C. Elizabeth C. C. Final scores of Montreal chess club cham_ 1 E. Martinson ..... I M. F i~hbone .. . .. 0 pionship award laurels to winning average of 2 J. S. Battell ...... 1 L. Ault ...... 0 12Y2- 1Yz as rallied by W. H. Ra wlings, with 3 T.A. Dunst ...... t D. Meisel ...... 0 B. Blumin's count of 12- 2 second beSt. 4 D. McCle llan ..... V2 J. D. Neu5s ..... % W innipeg chess conti nues w flourish, as in_ ') M. S. Isaacs ...... I B. Anderson ..... 0 6 J. S. Swld ...... 0 S. Kant ...... I dicared by recenr accounts rupeaing rhe lalest 7 K. Dalby ...... I S. Horowit:t .....0 of its monster wurneys now in "prog res~he 8 Mrs. Rivero ...... 0 L. Neidich ...... 1 Carwell Club winter event, involvil)g forty 9 C. E. French . .... 0 B. Williams ..... 1 players, and the Gty championship with fifty - three entri es ! In the Garwell feature, opening 5V2 -3% rounds brought as early leaders in respective sec_ The championship tournament of the I. L. tions : T . R. Johnston and G. Regal, Sec. 1; C. Rice Progressive C. C. is scheduled to com. D. Courbould and A. Shrug, Sec. 2; C. Blon_ mence December 24 . Entries are expected to dall and C. Scott, Sec. 3; W . J. Shaw and R. reach a total of 40. T he Tournament Com. Doe, Sec. 4. Repons of the Cit[. tourn;unent mitt~ intends to select the 10 scrongest and are not avai lablc--pending de erred games seed them. The orher 30 wi ll be expected ro and adjournmems. eliminate each other umiJ six rema in co join the 10 seeded p layers in the Maj George N. T reysman, dark horse of the reo Horowitz Co ncludes Tour cem U. S. Cha mpionship Tournament, has I. A, Ho rowitz is due to concl ude a tour that opened a cl ub at 323 E. 13th St., N. Y. C. ia!Hed over twO months and took him th rough The "Modern Chess Club," as it is called, plans New Engand, Canada, {he Middle W est and an active ~ rogram incl uding weekl y simu ltan [he Middle Atlantic States with a si multaneous eous exhibitions, a club champio nship to begin exhibition at {he Manhattan Chess Club on De<:cm ber 10rh, and entering a tcam in the Saturday evening, December 19th. Metropolitan Chess League. Since "he exhibition is in the nature of :l A tournament for the Amateur Champion. "welcome home" event, the Directors of the ship of Queens County is b<:ing sponsored by Manhattan C. C. ,have declared the cl ub open the Queens C. C, ,5 8. 11 39th Ave., Woodside, that evening to visitors as well as members. N. Y. S I 00 in pri zes is being offered. En _ Members may take a hoard frec of charge and trants mus t be bona fide re sidents of Queens will recei ve seating preference, while non·mem. County. Playing hours are Fridays at R P. M., bers wishing to play agai nst Mr. Horowitz must and Saturdays at 2 P. M. M r. Fritz Brieger pay a fee of 5Oc. has been appointed Referee. - - - Correspondence Chess T he Collingwood Sales Co., 149 Colling. Texas Jottings wood Ave., Detroit, Mich., has sent us a sample The tournament for the championship of the of their Chess Recording Boards, The board is city of Dallas finds }. C. Thompson 7-0, E. unique in that it is equipped with special regis. HansJield 7. 1, and D. E. Moore 6. 1 leading tering columns that eliminate errors in record the race. keepi ng. It should prove very useful to cor. respondence players and problemists who desire Texu C hampionship T ou rnament to keep track of a number of changing posi. September, 1936 n-o ns. A L EKH INE'S DEF ENSE C. Hrillikopoulos W . N. Kendall White Black 1 P. K4 Kt·KB3 16 QIC P Kt.Q2 - ''''HORN 2 P· K5 Kt .Q4 17 K·Rl K. R l 3 P.QB4 Kt. Kt3 18 R. B3 B.64 CATALIN CHESSMEN 4 P.Q4 P.Q3 19 Q.Q2 Kt. K4 5 P.KB4 P.P 20 R·RS Kt. Kt5 A ChriJlmas Gifl ThaI 6 BPxP Kt. B3 21 BICKt P.B Will Be Appreciated 7 B· K3 B. B4 22 R.Q3 Q. B3 P. K3 23 Q.Ql QR. Kl .... 8 Kt·QB3 .,- . . . . - , .. .. 9 B.K2 B·K2 24 P.QR3 B. K 6 ., . , . · ., . " . . . ' .. . 10 Kt.S S 0-0 25 P.QKt4 Q.RS ,'. 11 0·0 P·B3 26 Kt. K2 R. K4 12 K t.KR4 P.P 27 Kt. K t37 QICKt! 13 KtxB PxKt 28 RxB Q. R 14 P.Q5 K t .Q5 Res igns : .--~ l1llillti." " .. .. ',- '., '. . =¥ Pd · '" . . "" ',' J;:t 15 BxKt · .' , .. -- ' --: - .- ... , - -. . . Beauty -a nd Strength Are Found in Catalin Chess in Ohio It is adm'lns and sa/ I: . as it contains no cellulose and ducs not SUPP()rt a flame. [f Dr. H. H. Slutz of Cincinnati has donated a resists alcohol ~nd aU CO!l1mrlO acids. trophy for rh e Southern Ohio Championship Size of KlnliJ Price Tourney. This affair is an annual event, the 2" hi gh, 1" base ~~ ~. ~ $15 each winner meeli llg a rep resentative from Northern 2 Vz ~ high, 1Va" base ~~ _~ _ $20 each 3 Y8 ~ high, 1!4 ~ bue ~ ____$25 each Ohio for the State tide. Each of dll."M' numbe: rs can be: fu rn ishoo in A wurney lor boys under sixtecn was held Black and Ivory W hi te or Red and Ivory in Cincinna ti on the municipal playg rounds. It W hile. T hey arc p:1(ked In ,t::enulne AmcriCli n was divided into jun ior and intermediate sec· W alnut boxes, he~ u ti ful1 y fin ished in d ear tions with 12 entri es in the fo rmer and 14 in bcqucr. H inged lOp, Vel vCf lined, partitioned the latter. Paul Cate took first pri ze in the 10 hold the picct"S in plan ,. Junior D ivision with Pierson Davis as runner· THE CHESS REVIEW up. W illiam Bohne~kamp,er. . annexed the 60·10 Roosevelt Avenue honors in the Intermediate DIVISion and Albert W OODSIDE. N. Y. Becker was second. DECEMIlER, 1936 287 FINE MUST HAVE SEEN THIS ONE Match Hungary vs. Holland Selected Games Board 6 QUEEN'S GAM BIT ACCEPTED Puerto Rican Tourney A. Gereben A. D. deGroot November, 1936 (Hungary) (Holland) QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECL.INED White Black F. J. Marshall F. Prieto 1 P-Q4 Kt-KB3 White secures 3 White Black 2 P_QB4 P-K3 pieces for the Q and 1 P.Q4 P.Q4 14 8·B6 B.Q2 3 Kt-KB3 P·Q4 a strong attack. 2 P-QB4 P-K3 15 Kt·K5! R.K3 4 B_Kt5 B_Ktich 16 KtxBch K-K1 3 Kt-QB3 B_Kt5 16 B-Q5 8·RS 5 Kt-B3 PxP Not ... K-Kt2?; 4 Kt_B3 Kt.KB3 17 QxB QxB 6 P-K4 P_B4 17 R·Kt4ch, K·ltZ; 5 B_Kt5 QKt·Q2 18 QxP Q_Kt2 7 P.K5 PxP 18 B-Kt5ch. K·R4; 6 P.K3 BxKtch 19 QxQ RxQ 8 Q.R4ch Kt.B3 19 Kt(Q)·K5! 7 PxB 0-0 20 8xKt! RxB 9 0·0·0 8·Q2 17 Kt-B6ch K-81 10 Kt.K4 8.K2 8 PxP PxP 21 P·Q5! Kt.Kt3 18 Kt.K5 P-KR4 9 B.Q3 R_K1 22 Kt·B6 P.Kt4 11 PxKt PxP 19 Kt(K).Q7ch 10 Q-B2 Kt.B1 23 KR-Kt1 R-84 12 B_R4 Kt-Kt5! K.Kt2 11 0 .0 P_QKt3? 24 P-QR4! P.R4 13 QxKt!! .... 20 BxP KR·QB1 12 P·K4! PxP 25 P-R5 R~slgns Stronger eve n·1 s 21 K.Kt1 B.B6! 13 BxP R.Kt1 13 Q.R3. Kt-Q6ch?; 22 R-K4 BxP! 14 RxKt, BXQ; 15 Kt 23 KxB Q.Q7ch xpch, K·B1; 16 RxP, 24 K.Ktf P-QKt4! etc. 25 B·QKt3 Q-Q6ch A RARIS AVIS! 13 . . . . BxQ 26 K.R1 Q.B6ch 14 KtxPch K_B1 Amsterdam C. C. Masters Tournament Drawn by perpet· 15 RxP Q.R4 October, 1936 m Addreu Ill! ro'resp()nd~nct , dlll;"g to Ihi; department /0 R. Cbnlty, 1339 EaIl A ile" Roches/tr, N. Y. 'IHF:ME PAl." U'j'R· as .. block in the threat, moves from its Ioq ulre, mus ~ est r o ying the thrC3.t by removins the block and giv. Our Christmas coll adon comains a goodly number 109 the black king a fl ight square. This idea is usu. of ddiShlful and my,.criou$ packages. all gifts to the ally combined wi th Black or While self· imerference solver but which he mUSI 6", umie! After ,cmoving as in No. ~6~ and with sdf·blocking by Black. ·I ~ the decl.'plive wrappings from thm baffling dona [he majorily of problems of Ihis ' ypc, the am i-block· lions, you are quilt likel y 10 discover thaI you have i n~ move forms a new $t: lf·bloc k on anOlher ~uu e penelfl.N only ,he oUler (overing and ,h31 there are adJacent 10 Ihe B13 ck king. as in rhe eumpleJ Bivm re ~ ms of concealing swalhings s!ill 10 be unwound. he rewnh. But jusl ..· mtmlxr IhM mud! of Ihe sport is in umy N ()$. ~68 and ~69 I re IWO paniculariy piquant ex· ing Ihe pa,lcage~ and d'm', be discouraged by Ihe amples from an .nide by N. Easter on " A Line knon. Opening Theme." In this theme, foliowing the key, No. ~48 by Simon Cosdkyan ;s a theme crcalion each of Black·s main defenses opens a While line which the author hopt's is a new discovery. While which enables mate. Obviously, Ihe theme is bload we believe that hi.~ idea has been amicip:lIN by Shink· and flexible enough to permit blending with an end· man and numerOU.1 other worthics, we are neverthe l es~ less gamll[ of ideas, such as self-i nterference, self. gi ving thc nexu~ of it ns ph rased by Mr. Costil.yan : blocking, self'pinning, elC. "The mndng pic Dr. Dobbs $(Ored the maximum of 2) points on No. HI) . V. L. Ellon. I PeW . C,"", ." ,,,.UII' 'n~ . fem> Original Section ,47 ,,, BIL L BEERS C ARL Ol ES E N R. J. BERM'" U DEZ W illmar, Minn. Cloquet, Min n. Agullcallentes, Mexico Male in 2 Mate in 2 Male m 3 H' ,,, SIMON COSTI KYAN 6. M. M'"AR SHALL A . J, FINK New Yor k C ity Shreveport, La. San F rancisco, Calif. Male In 2 Male In 2 Ma u~ In 3 ,<9 ", EDW ARD L. DEISS FR ED S'"PR E NGE R A. D. GI BBS Covington, Ky. New York Cit y Rochest e r, N. Y. '7 Male In 2 Male in 3 SO L UT ION S T O THESE PR OBL EMS ARE DUE JAN UARY 10th, 1937 DECEMBER, 1936 291 Original Section (cont'd) 556 5'9 562 KENNETH S. HOWARD GEO. B. SPENCER BILL BEERS Erie, Pa:. St. Paul, Minn. Willmar, Minn. Mate in :> Mate In 3 Mate in 5 m 560 5" W. JACOBS F. PALATZ DR. GILBERT DOBBS New York City Hambur g, Germany Carrollt on, Ga. = Male in :> Male in 4 Rello·Male in 2 "8 56' 564 F. R. SARI EGO w. K. WIMSATT P. L. ROTHENBERG Caguas, Porto Rico Wa~hington, D. C. New York City Mate m 3 Mate In 4 Self·Mate in 7 SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE JANUARY 10th, 1937 292 THE C HESS REVIEW Quoted Section ,6> )6' N , EAS TER M. SEGERS Brltl'h Chell Magazine W . D. E LLISON , 1 P ro " Munkassakk" -1934 Ju ne, 1933 Britl'h Chell MiiIIgaz ine - 1936 Male in 2 Mate in 2 Mate In ~ )6' ,,, m N. EASTER G, MENTASTI British Chess Magazi ne w. D. ELLISON "L' Ita I ia Scate h i stiaa" - 1935 June, 1933 Brltl'h Chess Magazine.19S6 Mate in 2 M RtC in 2 Mat e 111 3 ,67 ' 70 O. STOCCHI GEORGE NE'"L SON CHENEY KENNETH S. HOWARD Lotldon Era, 1861 1 Pr, " La Don. del Gulochi" ( Recommended by 1933 British Chen Magaz ine -1936 G. N. Che ney, Syracuse, N. Y.) Male In 2 Male In 2 Male in 4 SOLUTIONS TO TH ESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE JANUARY 10th, 1937 DECEMBER, 1936 293 Dobbs, Dr. G.: No. 456, 3·er, Sep tember Chess ANNUAL INDEX Review ANALYTICAL ARTICLES Tracy, J. F.: No, 467, 3-er, October Chell Addenda to Griffith & White: 238-9, 265-6, 281-2 Review Contributions ot Bad Llebwerda:58-9 Tr acy, J. F.: No. 480, 3·er, November Chess Review BOOK REVIEWS Ber mudez, R. J.: No. 508, 3·er, December Chess Art of Chess Combina tion, The (Znosko-Borow- Review ski): 144 MATCHES (Indl"ldual ) Art of Sacrifice in Chess , The (Spielmann): 117 Alekhine. A. VS. Euwe: 2·3·4·5·6·7·8·9, 26-7- Bad Llebwerda Tourney Book (Becker) : 56 8·9·30·1. 61-2·3, 85·6-7. Clen Partldas de Ajedrez (Rey-Ardld): 160 Grau, R. "S. Bolbocha u: 176 Colle's Chess Masterpieces (Relnfeld): 144 Steiner, L. "I!, Gt'ob: SO: Pall ort 273 Ein Jahrzehnt Meisterturnlere (Becker): 56 MATCHES (Team) Elements ot Combination Play in Chess (Rein- Buffalo VI!. Niaga ra Falls : 18: Erie, Pa. 285 reid): 11 Charleston, W. Va. V8. Parkersburg, W . Va.: Erotrnungen In del' Modernen Schachpartie 40; Clnclnnatl, O. 165 (Kotrc & Gershenkron): 117 Illinois "s, Wiscons in: 165,173 Guide to the Game or Chess (Mitchell): 7 Manhattan C. C. vs. Ma rshall C. C.: 110·11 How Euwe Won (Purdy): 178 Marshall C, C. "S. Suburba n C, L,: 18: Eliza- How to Play t he Chess Openings (Znosko-Bor- beth C. C, 285 owskl): 11 U . S. A. vs. Canada: 172 Lasker's Chess Primer (Dr, L a sker): 11 Washington, D. C, "S. Baltimore 19: Richmond, Neue Schachsterne (Tartakower ): 56 Va.: 70 Second Moscow International T ou rue y MISCELLANEOUS (Becker): 11 Amer ican Chess Feder ation : 1. 53, 249, 257 Tagebuch vom Wettkampf Alekhiue--Euwe Curious Chess Facts: 117-8, 189, 276 (Kmoch) : 160 End Game St udies: 3,1, 61> , 84, 163 , 190 Warsaw International T eam Tourney (Phillips Future of Org anized Ch ess In Ame r ica, The : & Reinfeld) : 205 109 White to Play an d W in (Adams): 160 How Games Are Lo st In t he Opening: 80·1 HONOR PRIZE PROBLKMS Kashdan's Best Ga mes: 13+5·6, 41 -2·3·4, 65·6·7· Steiner, L,: No, 362, 3,er, January Chess Review 8, 93·4·5, 166·7·8, 183-4·5-6, 214·5·6·7, 235· Beers, W. A,: No. 376, 4-er, February Chess Re 6·7, 259-60, 278·9·1lO view Last Game or the Al ekhlne-Euwe Match: 26 Wenzl, T . C.: No, 387, 3·er, March Chess Review Mars hall Retires. Frank J. : 10, 107 Boardman, H.: No. 399, 4·er, April Chess Masters I Ha"e Met: 82·3, 108·9 Review Mistakes of the Maste rs: 45, 59 Howard, K. S.: No. ·109, 3·el·, May Chess Review OUI' Readers' Column : 187 Dobbs, Dr. G. : No. 42·1, 4-er, June Chess Review Plachutta Inte t' fet'cnce In t he Endgame: 25 5·6, Howard, K. 8.: No. 434, 3-er, July Chess Review 274-5 Gring, Jr., A. D.: No. 444, g'ill', August Chess Record of Worlll Cha mpions hip Matches: 62 Review Studies in Combination Play : 191-2, 205 Vacation in London: 57 \Varsaw Team Tournament Statistics : 38 No. ~IS, M. Choro,h. 1 Bd3 , Gd4: 2 Bg6, Gh7: 3 Kc7. NEWS ITEMS Gb7 : 4 Bf7, G.~: ~ G.~ mit. Argent ina: 176, 273 Ing. niou, and ,ubtl•• ingl. lin. maxi-my rote. Canada: 12, 47, 64, 96, 114, 142, 162, 182, 218, G. Dobb,. The mlting move i, ind •• d I power hous •. - P. Rothenbuj' Mate i, nicely formed 242, 26 4, 284 with L minimum of orce.-G. Plowman. College Chess: 19, 118 No. H9. J, F. Tng. I Ra4, PXP: 2 Rd4, B .ny: ~ Colorado: 18, 119, 165, 196 Qg8ch. BxQ: 4 Sf6c , Kf7; ~ Kdl, KxS mate Connecticut: 143 I . . ., Bf7 : 2 Qg8ch, BxQ: 3 Sf6ch, Kf7: 4 District or Columbia: 19, 70, 118·9, 143 Rd~, PxP: ~ Kd~. KxS mIte Illinois: 68, 91 The play i, good and lern,"!. though the m .. te Indiana: 118 i, fairly obviou •. ----G, Dobbs. Not a.s formid able u , ome 0/ the Tracy sui,.- P. Rothenberg. Massachusetts : 39, 69, 87, 22·1. 267 Michigan: 87, 118 Missouri : 144 New Jersey : 19,69.87, 119, 267 INFORMAL LADDER New York State: 18,40, ll 7, 119, 285 H. B, Daly 84, 70; P. Rothenberg 84, 79; G, Ohio: 87, 118, 286 Dobbs, 83, 71; J, F. Traey 77, _; G, Plowman Oklahoma : 91, 119 74,81; A. Toka.h 62, 57: r. Kashdan 52, 85; V. Pennsy lvania: 19, 90, 196, 224, 2S5 Rosado 52, _; M. Gonzalez 51, 64; B. Wlse_ R hode Island: 69 garver 41, -; H, Hausner 35, 24; W. Patz 35, Russia: 92 -; I. Burstein 32, -; A. Sheftel 32, _; W. Spain: 92 Vanwinkle 27, -; K. Lay 24, -; M. Hertzber Texas : 19, 39,70, 91, 119, 143, 165, 196, 22 4. 243, ger 23, -; W. T.owle 22, -; G. Berry 18, 10; 286 I. Burn 17, _; K. S. Howard 17, _; G. N. Utah: 39 Cheney 9, 11; P. Papp 7, _; W. Rawling. 7, V irginia: 224 -; J. Turner 7, _; I. Genud _, 75; E. Short_ West Vir ginia: 40, 7 1>,165 man -, 8; Dr. P. G. Keeney -, 64, Wis consin: 41> , 69·70 294 T HI, CHESS REVI EW OBITUARIES Bogolubow, E. O. va. Kashdan 65; Ahues 164; Rosenreld, Heclor: 24 Botwinn lk 20 1; CapablanCA 234 Walk er. FTII.nk D.: 24 Book, E. VII. Naegeli 253 ; Alexantlrescu 253 nett mann. Dr. H. W.: 24 Botwinnik, M. liS. Capa blanca. 156 ; F ine 200; Bogolubow 201; Tarla kower 203; Alekhlne QPE l'I.'lNGS 203: F loh r 20-1; Tylor 228; Resht'lI>;ky 231 ; Vid mnl' 232: Euwe 233; W inte r 233 Alekhinc's Defense: 86, 136, 204, 211 , 238·9, Cam ill o, A. D. n. W e lma1' 258 265·6, 278, 286 C,,-pabla noa, J. R. liS. Ribera 92: Eliskases 155; Benoni COUllltlr Gambit: 176 Botw innlk 156; Alekhlne 200; Floh r 20]; -Blrd'a Opening: 253 Tylol' 201; Reshellsky 229 ; Vidmar 230: Budapest Defense: 56, 112, 127, 131, 257, 26 4 E uwe 230; DO ,ll,'olubow 234; W inter 263 CarO-KIlIII! Defense: 40, 90, 92,93,11 3,130,236 Charli er, R. II~. Gulmal'd 15 1 Dutch De fense: 6t , 85, 200 , 231 , 254 Cohen, S . S. li S. Polland 112; Lelline 113; Be rn- Eng 1t ~h Opening: 29, 55, J02, 106, 112, .1 15. 128. stein 207 129, 130, 134, 140, HI, 151, 234, 257, 258 Coll e, E. liS. Kas hdan 42 Four KniJthts' Opening: 279. 2113 Cra nston, T. G. ,71 French Derense: 3. 5, 6, 34, 70, 71. 105. 116. 139. Dake, A. W . Horowitz 111. Kup · 143, 160, 199, 212, 213, 215, 218. 228. 258 chik 128; F ine 138; Treys - Clnoco Plano: 164 ma n 140 ; King's Ind lnll Ddense: 8. 9, 41, 69. SO, 81. lo.t, Danieleson, G. VS. • 45 ; H romadka 253 139. 156. 184, 188. 196. 243, 258 Den ke r, A. S. vs. Chlera 70; McCready 104; Nlmzowltsch Defense: 40, 46, 6t, 94, 130, 134, Scher 113: Adams 136; S imon son 140 ; 137, 155 . 156. 164, 178, 233 Grossman 207 ; HOrowitz 276 Petroff's Defense : 166 Drasin, S . liS. Sklal'olt' 34 Phllldo1"g Dllrense: 168 Drummond, R. V ~. Ollsn.hl 264 Queen'!; Gambit Accepted: 44, 1'\ 7, 113, 136, 2 1 ~, Eliskases, E. liS. Gru nfeld 37 ; Callablanca. 155; 220 , 229, 251'\, 287 Ragosin 156: Loewenfisch 156: FoUys 212; Quet'n'!! Gambit Decline d : 3. 6. 7. S, 13. 14, 26, Stahlberg 212: F lohr 213 29, 30, 32. ·15, 54, 56, 60 , 61. 63. 64, 65, Engels, L. liS. Rodl 119: Alekh lne 188 67,69.70,86,91,102, 11 1. Ill. 116, 137, 13S, Euwe, Dr. M . vs. Alekhlne 2-3·~ - 5·6-7-1I-9. 26-9- 151 152, 155, 159, 160, 161 , 16'1, 179, 196, 30, 61-2-3. 85-6·7. 228. 283; Reshe\'sky 199; 200: 201. 203, 207, 213, 2H. 227, 230, 232, Vidmar 200: W inte r 203; Fine 219: Grun· 234 235, 241 , 252, 253, 259. 277, 287 reid 220; Tar la kower 22S: Capablanca 230 ; Queen's Ind lall Defense : 37, 38, 71 , 151, 156, Bot wlnn lk 233 ; Kashdan 278 167. 176. 199, 201. 261. 263 Factor, S. liS. E nghol m 91; Kline 102; T e n ner Queen's K nlghl Opening: 64 102; F ine 132; Kellitz 139; Simonson 14 1 Queen's Pawn Opening: 29, 42, 11 6. 128, 136. Fin e, R. liS. Floh1' 32; Grau ~ 6; Adams 128; 139 143,164,224,227,228.233,240, 25 4, 283 Hanauer 130; Kl:! lI ltz 131 : Factor 132; Reti's 112, 128, 183, 200, 203, 204. 210, Opening: Ka Rh rlan 13~: Simonson 137: Dake 138; 219, 22~, 233 Bernstein 139: 'I'l'eysman 141; Rotwinnlk Ruy Lopt!z: 9,15,46,66, 113,132, 140 , 141. IS9, 200 : Euwe 219: Keres 219: Winter 227: 258 Alek hlne 232;' Kruoch 28 7; Grunreld 28 7 ScotCh Ol)ening: 89, 135 , 189 Fineman, 1. vs. Stone 83 Sic!l!an Defense: 33,95, 105, 106. 119, 132, 180, Fl oh r, S . \' 8. F ine 32: Thomas ] 59 ; Alekhlne 182, IS5. 203, 207, 210, 2]2, 253, 276 199 ; Capablanca. 201: Bot w!nnlk 20·1; Ells· '!'wo Knights' Defense: 40, S3, 113, 161. 189 kases 2\3: F ryumnn 213 Vienna Ol)en lng: 71 . 83, 85, 241 Frydman, P. \'5. Alekhlne 212; Floh r 213 Ge reben, A. liS. de Groot 287 PF.R~O"'A LITY S KETCH ES Gowans, V S. M01'ga n 64 Capablnnca. J ose R.: 17 Grau, A. vs. Fine 46 ; Bolbochan 176 S hipley. W alle r P enn: 88-9-9t}.-1 Grab, H. liS. L. Steiner SO: Lundin 161; Stahl bel'/:' ] 61 PLAYERS Grossman, N. liS. nenker 207 ; Relnfeld 25R Adams, W. W . \' 5. Fine 128; Denk er 136; Resh Grunfeld, E. \'S. Ellskases 37 ; Ruwe 220; Fine ellsky 139; Bernstein 276 2i! 7 Ahues, C. li S. Vnn den Bosch 16·1; Bogolubow Gudju, I. YS. BO,ll,'d a nollsky 11 3 16·1 Hanauer, M. II!;. Santaslel'e 116; H orowitz 127: Alekhl ne, Or. A. liS. Euwe 3-4· 5-6·7-S-9 . 26-9-30, Fine 130: Ka!;hdan ]32: Polla M 257 ; ]'.1 ug 61·2.3, 85·ij.7, 228, 283; K er es 46, 164 : Engels r idge 258 188; ~'lo h1' 199; Capablanca 200; notwlll nik Helman, A. vs. Drewan 182 203 ; F ryuman 212; Reshellsky 221 : F ine 232; TArtAkower 2:13; K As hd an 259: Alex Horow itz, I. A. liS . Dake Ill ; H anauer 127; ander 261 R esh ellsky 130 : Kashdan 183, 210: San· taslere 210 ; Be rnstein 210; McHale 241; Ash, 1. 1111. Morr is 224 . Polland 258; Denke r 276 Ash &. Wink elm,1l n va. Goerh ch & Ru lh 196 H romadka, H. 118. Oan1el8 son 253 Ba ln, Mr •. M. liS. Sia le r 116 Becker, Prof. A. liS. Keres 219; Solin 253 Kashdan, I. \'s. Mannhelme r IS; L. Steiner 14 ; Belallenee liS. Za.gorjanskij 81 15: Stoltz 41 . 67: Colle 42: Nlmzo· Belson, J . H. liS. W hitfield 218; Blumln 2~3 witsch H . 279: Bogolubow 65 : Lundin 66; Bernstein, S. \' ~. KArandy 105; R e~ h ell!lky 130; Ta ube 93; StahlbeL'g 94: VJ(]ma r 95 ; J a ffe Morton 136; Fine 139; Cohen 207 : H oro· 113; Hanaue r 132; F ine 1301; Reshevsky 135; wlb. 240; Adams 276 Treysma n 131 ; Mlkenas 166 : Roselli 167 ; DECEMBER, 1936 295 Asgeil'sson 168; HOl'owitz 193, 210 ; Berman 184; Santasiel'e 185; lIi;,l.l'shall 214; Tholf sen 215; Simonson 216; Kupchik 235; Morton 236; Mugridge 241; Alekhine 259; Gotay 277; Euwe 278 " Kells vs. Underhill 64 Kendall, W. N. vs. DOl'ochow 40 ; Hrlsslkopou los 286 Keres, P. vs. Alekhine 46, 164; Stahlberg 164; A Folding Fine 219; Becker 219; Richter 254 Kevih:, A. vs. Simonson 55-6, 134; J. Bernstein Pocket 112; H . Steiner 128; Fine 131; Factor 139 Chess Set Kline, Dr. H. VB. Factor 102; Polland 112 Kmoch, H. VS. Fine 287 Made in green Koblenz, N. A. VS. Rey·Aroliol 60; Buel'ger 160 Kupchik, A. VS . Dake 128; Reshevsky 141; cloth with Kashdan 235 black and green Kussman, A. S. vs. Rhynder 71 %inch squares. Landau, S. vs. Enevoldsen 116 $1.25. Loewenfisch, G. vs. Eliskases 156 Lundin, E. VS. Kashdan 66; Rel1ly 160; Grob 161 Same in brown leather $2.25 Marshall, F. J. vs. Kasbdan 214; Prieto 287 Extra Set of Men _ 50 rtf. Meisel, D. ys. Burdge 69 Morris, O. S. vs. Neal 83 Morton, H. V8. Coggan 69; McClella.n 106; THE CHESS REVIEW Bernstein 13G; Kashdan 236; \Veiner 241 60_10 Roosevelt Ave., Mugridge, D. H. YS. Kashdan 241; Hanauer 25H Najdorf, M. vs. Balogh 180 Woodside, N. Y. Nimzowitsch, A. vs. Kashdan 44, 279 Osterman, G. YS . Korpanty 106 Pearsall, A. G. VS. White 113; Hart 189 Piazzini, L. vs. Flores 151 P ichler, A. vs. Rellstab 254 Turover, I. S. vs. Reshevsky 2~3 PleCi, I. vs. Fenoglio 151 Tylor, T. H. vs Capablanca 204; Botwiunlk 228 Polland, D. S. \'S. Cohen 112; Kline 112 ; Fors· Vaitonis, M. vs. F-eig in 253 berg 115; Hanauer 257; Horowitz 25~ Vera, O. Garcia vs. Gorer 40; Christla 189 Ragosin, V. vs. Rjumin 155; Eliskases 156 Vidmar, Dr. M. VH . Kashdan 95; Euwe 200; Reshevsky, S. vs. Simonson 129; Dernstein 130; CapablancR 230; Dotwinnik 232; Reshevsky Horowitz 130; Kashdan 135; Dake 130; 'l'reysman 138; Adams 139; Kntlchik HI ; Willman,2" R. vs. Simonson 4; Dorowitz 113 Euwe 199; Al ekhine 227; Capablanca 229; Winkelman, B. F. YS. Regen 112; Mlotkowski Dotwinnik 231; VIdmar 23-1; Turover 283 241; 'I'reysman 257 Rey·Ardid, Dr. R. vs. Koblenz 60 Richter, K. vs. Stahlberg 213; Keres 254 Winter, W. YS. 1'al·takower 33; Euwe 203; Fine Rjumin, N. vs. Ragosin 155 227; Botwinnik 233; Capablanca 263 Reinfeld, F. vs. Grossman 258 POSITIONAL STUDIES Santasiere, A. E. vs. Hanauer 116; Kashdan IS5; Horowitz 210; Woods 25H Alekhine vs. Bogolubow 188, Koltanowskl 192, Shipley, W. P. vs. Weiss 89 ; Lynch 90 'l'reybal 212, Tylor 262 Simonson, A. C. vs. Willman 54; Kevitz 55-6; nernst-eln vs. Dl\-ke 131, H. Steiner 132 134; Soudakoff 101; Reshevsky 129; Fine Dohosipvisz vs. Rod) 254 137; Denker 110; Factor 141; Kashdan 216 Capablanea n. Botwinnik 159 Stahlberg, G. vs. Kashdan 94; Grob 161; Keres Eliskases vs. LaurenUus 205 164; Eliskases 212; Richter 213 Rngels n. Maroczy 188, Helling 188 Stahlmann, G. YS . Muller 189 Ernst \'s. Sepp 254 Stearns, E. E. vs. Wolfe 45 Fine VS. Tylor 262 Steiner, H. vs. Kevitz 128 Friedman vs. Solin 205 Steiner, L. v.s. Kashdan 14, 15 ; Glass 38; Sze· Horowitz vs. Price 208, Denker 209 k·ely 71; Grob 80; Muller 116; Havasl 152, Kan vs. Flohr 157 179 ; Anderson 252 Keres VS. Winter 217, Euwe 220 Stoltz, G. vs. Kashdan 41, 67 Knnerth VS. G-eisberg 191 Surgies. M. YS . Elo 70 Lasker, Dr. vs. Ragosin 157, Capablanca 158, Euwe 262, Botwinnik 263 Szabo, A. vs. Cygii 106 Loewenfisch vs. Rjumin 158 Tartakower, S. G. vs. Winter 33; Botwinnik Menchik vs. Thomas 192 203; Euwe 228; Alekhlne 233 Morton vs. H. Steiner 129, Dake 240 Thomas, Sir G. A. VS. FlOhr 159; lIiJner·Darry Nimzowitsch ys. Naegeli 191 178; Wood 196 Rejfjr vs. Monlicelli 205 Thompson, J. C. vs. Manney 143 Richter vs. Alexandrescu 252 Treysman, G. N. vs. Steckel 105; Kashdan 134; Smirka vs . Polland 115 Reshevsky 138; Dake 140; Fine 141; WIn· Stoltz vs. l'artakower 191 kelman 257 Szabo vs. Snaevarr 253 296 THE CHESS REVIEW TOU RNAJlIENTS (Major) (Continued from Pagf 273) Amsterdam C. C. Masters Tournament : 267 "'Alekhine continued to study the board aod Bad NauhBim International Tourney: 164 made his laSt move about 6: l 5 p, M. He then Barasz Memol'fal Tournament: 152·3 protested that his attention had not been called British Championship Tourna ment: 196 to the time and he ·had revealed his next move Canadian Championship Tournament: 218, instead of sealing it ready for the Ie-srart. 242-3 Dresden International Tournament: 187-8 "'Play should have resumed in thc match at Hastings Chr istmas Congress: 32·3-4, 273 8 P. M., but owing to the dispute there was no Hungarian Championship Tournament : 179-80-1 further play, The matter went before lhe Com Manhattan C. C . ChampIonship Tourney: 18, minee, Capablanca eventually making a scaled SH-6, 285 move "bom 8:40 P. M. The whole matter was Margate Easter Congress; 92, 144, 159·60 !hen adjourned until a decision by the British :Marshall C. C. Championship Tourney: 40, 115 Chess Federation is reached . . , . MuniCh Olympiad: 250-1-2-3-4 "'The controller of the tournament, Mr. A. J. Nottingham Congress: 144, 198-9-200-1-2-3-4 , l\iackenzie, announced later that a bell had been 226-7-8-9-30-1 -2 -3-4, 261-2-3, 273 provided, and would be rung sharply at two Ostende International Tournament: 92 , 144, o'clock and again at six o'dock, and where play 160-1 was n e c e s~ary in adjourned ,o;ames in the evening Philadelphia Congr·ess: 125, 149-50, 177, 206-7·8- at 8 P. M. and 10 P. M. 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